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The jailing of a dissident and two lawsuits reveal Twitter’s complicity with MBS’s dictatorship.

Reactive sanctions can prove a valuable tool if U.S. leaders apply them strategically. The State Department visa ban is a good start. The Biden administration could even go further, leveraging the Magnitsky Act to freeze U.S. financial…

The Institute for Gulf Affairs is pleased to report that public and private highlighting of glaring bigotry and incitement in official Saudi platforms has recently led to specific improvements. While much more remains to be accomplished for…

By: Ali Al-Ahmed December 10, 2020 On Jan. 20, the Biden administration will inherit a relationship with Saudi Arabia that is as troubled as it has ever been, and it will likely be up to Antony Blinken, the president-elect’s pick for…

Another American being held is Salah al-Haidar, son of women’s rights activist Aziza al-Yousef. Loujain al-Hathloul, the sister of a U.S. citizen, has been detained and tortured for over two years, ironically having been arrested for her…

The Institute for Gulf Affairs is releasing a report revealing the extremist, Anti-Semitic, Anti-Shia & Anti-Christian contents of senior Saudi officials and literature in schools and military publications.

Ali Al-Ahmed is suing tech giant @Twitter for conspiring with the Saudi Government and for invasion of privacy

United States may be embarrassed by news of Saudi ringleader in Khashoggi killing

April 29, 2019 By Ali AlAhmed Washington DC – A Palestinian man, accused of being a spy for UAE in Turkey and found dead in his cell Sunday, used a UAE passport with a fake name, IGA has learned. Zaki Yousef Mubark Hasan used the…

The leaks of the cables didn’t attract much news coverage at the time, but one cable has an eerie new relevance since Khashoggi’s murder. The cable involved U.S.-based Saudi dissident, Ali al-Ahmed, who became a target of the Saudi…